Rant: My north-facing wall finally started peeling after 18 months

I painted the north side of my house in May of last year with Sherwin-Williams Duration, and it looked perfect until last week. Now it's bubbling and peeling in a 3-foot strip near the roofline, even though I prepped it right and used primer. Did I just get a bad batch, or is the sun exposure up there way worse than I thought? Anyone else have this problem with north-facing stucco in the height of summer?

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lisa97623d ago

Oh man, that's rough. 18 months of perfect paint and then it just gives up? Typical. I swear paint knows when you finally stop checking on it every week. At least it waited until you let your guard down before doing the dramatic peel. Did you use the same primer for the whole wall or just the spot?

christopher_flores4614d ago

That paint had a whole dramatic arc planned out, a betrayal arc waiting for you to get comfortable. 18 months of playing nice just to pull that kind of move is savage. My money's on the primer being the traitor, used the cheap stuff from the hardware store on a spot and it waited until the warranty expired to give up. Moisture behind the wall sounds like a solid guess but I bet it's just paint being petty and holding a grudge for being ignored.

finley_bennett2823d ago

That bit about paint knowing when you stop checking on it really hits home. I had a similar thing happen with some exterior trim - looked perfect for two years, then one rainy spring it just started bubbling up like it had been holding a grudge the whole time. Did you sand the spot down to bare drywall or just scrape the loose stuff before repainting? I'm curious about that because the way it peeled makes me wonder if there was a moisture issue behind the wall that took a while to show up.